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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taboo" data-source="post: 788332" data-attributes="member: 5912">The ProtectorDawn's early light should have been brightening to day, but there were dark clouds gathering. Dark clouds brooding in the air as if a storm were gathering.As Phillippe and Rowena crested the hill they could see the palace was not far off. The road forked at the base of the hill. The left track would head down to the town and the right wound uphill to fork again. One fork lead to the base of a low cliff, atop of which sat the palace. Or at least the remains of the palace.The other fork continued to head uphill, winding up the cliff to what once must have been the gatehouse of the castle like palace.However that way was blocked by the collapsed remains of the structures left side. Stone blocks and rubble littered the hillside. The remains of the castle and the surrounding area were aglow with a soft, red, radiance. The only plant life within the radiance that appeared to be living were some strange looking, thorny, white rose bushes.Phillippe and Rowena noticed a young woman waiting on the trail at the base of the cliff just outside the radiance. Rowena recognized her as a young sorceress named Electra. She lives in the nearby Town of Haven and had come to the Abby before to do research and had spoken with Rowena on a few occasions .As they approached her a lithe figure stepped out, almost unnoticed, from behind a nearby tree. He was dressed in dark clothes of mostly gray and black. He held a strung shortbow in his left hand and at his hip he was wearing a long sword that had a slight curve to it. As he gracefully approached he reached up and pulled back his hood. He had dark hair pulled behind his long, pointy, ears.As Phillippe locked his gaze to the elf's bright eyes and opened his mind, trying to detect if there was any evil residing within him, he smiled slightly and introduced himself. "Hello human, my name is Syron. I had the same dream as you and the others and have come to lend my assistance."As Phillippe prepared to introduce the ladies and himself, he noticed Syron glance over his shoulder. He turned and saw that coming downhill were an odd looking pair. They looked to be barbarians from the northern lands beyond the valley. Although one of them had gray skin and was nearly seven feet tall! The other had a mess of blond hair and carried a large axe on her shoulder as she walked down hill.These must have been two of the others from his dream. Now that they were all together they could each feel it. As they all exchanged names and talked of the details of their shared dream an indistinct greenish glowing form appeared before them.They could hear a voice in their minds. "I have long stood as a protector of Haven but my time has passed. Haven needs new protectors to take action and you six have taken up the call. I can open a path through the aura for you but my powers have long since faded. I fear I will not be of any real help to you. If you are to succeed it will be on your own. Quickly now! I will open the way for you to get safely inside. Go and be brave!"</blockquote>

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